Sri Lanka vs Ivory Coast
Side-by-side comparison of how these places approach childhood.
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka has provided free education from kindergarten through university since 1945.
This early commitment to universal education gave Sri Lanka a 92% literacy rate, the highest in South Asia.
Ivory Coast
Ivory Coast produces 40% of the world's cocoa, much of it harvested by children.
The chocolate in your kitchen likely came from Ivory Coast, where child labor in cocoa farming remains one of the country's most complex challenges.
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka provides entirely free education from primary through university, including free textbooks and uniforms. The 5-4-2-2 system operates in Sinhala and Tamil medium schools. A highly competitive grade 5 scholarship exam determines entry to prestigious schools.
Ivory Coast
Ivory Coast follows the French 6-4-3 structure. French is the language of instruction. Primary education became compulsory for ages 6 to 16 in 2015. The system uses centralized national curricula and French-style grading.
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